custom

There are many iPad and iPhone apps where custom ratings could be useful, such as news apps, and picture rating apps. The problem with programming a custom UIView is that it is a pretty laborious process, and it’s easy to get something wrong along the way.

If you decide to go with the UIView approach, some of the tougher things are having the ratings follow along with your finger, and displaying the correct number of stars. You may have noticed when browsing the web that some of these don’t work at all on iOS devices.

Creating custom shaped buttons is something done in many iPhone apps. Often times this is done through using a completely custom button class, however, it can be done through subclassing UIButton allowing for much easier implementation.